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Building Websites with e107

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Building Websites with e107

Overview of this book

e107 is a PHP-based content management system that uses the popular open source MySQL database system for content storage. e107 is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License and is completely free, totally customizable and in constant development. It is an ideal tool for developing small to large dynamic community websites, intra company portals, corporate portals, weblogs and much more. It has a large, enthusiastic, and helpful community of users.If you want to create a powerful, fully-featured website in no time, this book is for you. This book will help you explore e107, putting you in the picture of what it offers, and how to go about building a site with the system. The book covers all the core features of e107, and it is thorough and incremental tutorial approach it gives you the understanding to experiment with advanced features and customization.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Building Websites with e107
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
Preface

The e107 Back End


The back end is the backbone of your system. All aspects of e107 are configured through the back end. Like the front end, we control the back end by means of a theme. Initially the administrative theme is different from the front-end theme. So we will all be on the same page, leave the administrative theme set to the default, which is Jayya v1.0. The administrative theme can be accessed using either a direct or an indirect method.

  • The indirect method by logging in using your administrative username and password on the front page and then selecting the Admin Area in the menu on the left side of your screen as shown in the screenshot below:

Note

Please note that if you did not delete the install.php file as instructed in Chapter 2 you will see a security warning on the front page as shown in the screenshot in the previous page. If you...